The C-terminal periplasmic domain of MotB is responsible for load-dependent control of the number of stators of the bacterial flagellar motor

Biophysics (Japan)

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-181

  Castillo, David J ^a   Nakamura, Shuichi ^b   Morimoto, Yusuke V ^a,c   Che, Yong Suk ^d   Kami Ike, Nobunori ^a   Kudo, Seishi ^b   Minamino, Tohru ^a   Namba, Keiichi ^a,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^d HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mechanosensor; Proton channel; Salmonella; Torque generation; Torque speed curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891385789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13492942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.9.173     Document Type: Article

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